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16:52, 10 May 2004

Counteraction to Language of Hostility project presented in Krasnodar

The task of this project is to attract society's attention to the problem of "language of hostility" and to create moral bars which can stop mutual intolerance, the organizers said.

16:16, 10 May 2004

Russian tycoon: Murder of Kadyrov is 'utter defeat' of Putin's policy in Chechnya

"The tragedy is that Russians and Chechens keep on dying, and this doesn't at all advance the resolution of Russia's main problem - the preservation of its territorial integrity," Boris Berezovsky said.

15:33, 10 May 2004

Aslan Abashidze's companions hunted in Adjaria

Tariel Khalvashi, the former head of the Kobuleti district, was arrested in his house right after Brigadier General Roman Dumbadze.

14:38, 10 May 2004

Terrorist act in Grozny leaves 6 dead

President of Chechnya Akhmad Kadyrov, Chairman of the State Council of the Chechen Republic Hussein Isayev, journalist Adlan Khasanov, two of Kadyrov's guards, and an 8-year-old girl were killed.

14:27, 10 May 2004

Akhmad Kadyrov killed in explosion in Grozny

Many people fell victims to the terrorist act. President of Chechnya Akhmad Kadyrov and Chairman of the State Council of Chechnya Husein Isayev died in the explosion; Commander of the Joint Group of Forces in the North Caucasus Colonel-General Valery Baranov received severe injuries.

23:30, 7 May 2004

Participants in opposition meetings disciplined for disrupting public order, Armenian prosecutor general says

Agvan Ovsepian denied the reference in the PACE resolution concerning the arrest of journalists and stated there were no journalists among the arrested people.

23:28, 7 May 2004

Ancient capital of Karabakh to be restored

The ancient capital of Karabakh, Shushi, served as an important weapon emplacement for Azerbaijan forces in the years of the Karabakh conflict of 1991-1994.

23:12, 7 May 2004

Chechen refugees on hunger strike in Pankissi Gorge

The only demand they made is that the United Nations should give them the opportunity to leave for the third countries.

18:11, 7 May 2004

Armenian opposition: authorities do not fulfill requirements of PACE

Approximately 40 supporters of the Justice bloc and the National Unity party were subjected to administrative arrest and fined from 2 to 6 May.

17:33, 7 May 2004

Opposition and ruling coalition in Armenia hold political consultations

The third round of political consultations "power-opposition", arranged on the initiative of chairman of the Armenian National Assembly Artur Bagdasarian, was held in the Armenian parliament on May 6.

16:54, 7 May 2004

Catholic Relief Services carries out new project in Azerbaijan

The humanitarian organization Catholic Relief Services (CRS) presented its Raising Public Awareness of the Equality of Sexes project at the International Press Center on May 5.

16:02, 7 May 2004

Article 19 urges Armenian authorities to provide safety for journalists

In its statement, the organization raises concern about the violence used against journalists during opposition meetings.

15:31, 7 May 2004

12 rebel bases eliminated in Chechnya

The regional headquarters on the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus reported it today.

15:25, 7 May 2004

Russian foreign minister offers Tbilisi 'not to raise question' about Abkhazia

Sergey Lavrov said that "the approaches to these republics [Abkhazia, South Osetia] were coordinated long ago, there are interaction mechanisms concerning all questions both in Tskhinvali and Sukhumi."

14:43, 7 May 2004

Opposition leaders stand trial in Baku

Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan Zakir Garalov has promised that the trial will be fair and open.

13:42, 7 May 2004

Historical essay competition award ceremony takes place in Moscow

The editors of the Caucasian Knot agency presented five students from Chechnya and Ingushetia with special prizes. Altogether 150 essays from Chechnya were submitted to the competition this year.

12:13, 7 May 2004

Amnesty International: family of Chechen health minister Omar Khambiev threatened, tortured

Amnesty International (AI), one of the world's largest human rights organizations, expressed its concern for the safety, and fear of further detention and torture of more than 80 relatives of Dr Omar Khambiev in Chechnya. We call your attention to AI's press release on this case.

11:54, 7 May 2004

Post of head of Adjaria abolished

The decision made by members of the Supreme Council was the last since the decree of the president of Georgia concerning the establishment of provisional direct presidential rule in the autonomous republic comes into force already today, May 7.

19:10, 6 May 2004

Revival party activists consider reports on self-liquidation premature

Only the leaders of the organization are empowered to issue a statement on its self-liquidation, representatives of the Revival party said.

18:41, 6 May 2004

Explosion in Grozny leaves 3 policemen dead

A self-made explosive device went off when a police was going along Krasnoflotskaya Street.

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